Marie Cathérine Stalpaert
marie.stalpaert@gmail.com
°28.12.2001
+32490438641
Rue Saint Ghislain 56,
1000 Brussels
Belgian-based trained architect, curator, and researcher. I approach my work through a spatial lens, integrating design, installation, and critical inquiry to explore how architecture can operate as a social and cultural agent. My practice draws on fieldwork, curatorial methodologies, and collaborative processes to engage with questions of authorship, public space, and material memory.
In addition to a Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Antwerp and ENSA Paris-Belleville, I completed a postgraduate program in Curatorial Studies at KASK & Conservatorium in Ghent. My background also includes training in culinary arts and a strong interest in photography, both of which continue to inform my aesthetic and conceptual approach.
I have contributed to scenographic teams for cultural festivals such as Doel Festival, Klub Dramatik and Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2025. Curatorially, I co-curated group exhibitions at Kunsthal Gent, De Zwarte Zaal and for 1M3 of the Kunstenbibliotheek. I have taken part in projects exploring performance, cultural heritage, and the politics of display.
Currently Assistant Curator of the Public Art Collection of Antwerp at Kunst in de Stad - Middelheim Museum, where I am (co-)responsible for commissioning new works for Antwerp’s public space, overseeing artwork production and the presentation of an heritage collection of nearly 300 artworks. Also curating artistic interventions that engage with the public realm and an everchanging context - for example Antwerp Art Weekend.
Greek - Mathematics (ASO)
2013-2019
University of Antwerp Bachelor of Architecture
2019-2022
with great distinction
École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris Belleville Masters in Architecture
2022-2023
University of Antwerp Masters in Architecture
2023-2024
with great distinction
KASK & Conservatorium x SMAK x UGent
Curatorial Studies (postgraduate)
2024-2025
PIVA Antwerp, CVO Vitant
Module Assistent Chef
2023;2025
- Public Art Collection
Antwerp
2025 - now
more information
Internship BULK Architects
Antwerp, Belgium
2023
Architectural competition Paris entry
“Re-inventer l’existant ”
Paris, France
2023
Summerschool ‘Re-Claiming Ground’
Ska, Norway
2023
Internship Atelier Scheldeman
Antwerp, Belgium
2023
Master Thesis: “Mi Habi Wan Theater”
Moengo, Suriname
2024
Internship &Ampersand
Scenography Doel Festival + Theaterfestival
Antwerp, Belgium
2024
Designer for &Ampersand
Scenography Kunstenfestivaldesarts + Klub Dramatik
Antwerp, Belgium
2025
Production-Assistant
Production Plateau (2025) and Bench (2025) by Michael Kleine
Ghent, Belgium
2025
Designer
Folie Flanel - Modular Design for The Verffabriek
Ghent, Belgium
2025
Productuion-Assistant
Production Working Title (2026) for Marina Pinsky
Antwerp, Belgium
2025-2026
as a curator
Co-Curator of De Grote Marron Tentoonstelling
Moengo, Suriname
2024
Co-Curating Performance “She Must Establish Himself: Disrupted Repetitions” at De Singel
Antwerp, Belgium
2025
Curating Peep Show - Kunstenbibliotheek
Ghent, Belgium
2025
Co -curating I Want To Hold You - Zwarte Zaal
Ghent, Belgium
2025
Moderator Q&A with Matthias De Groof
Ghent, Belgium
2025
Co-Curating For Some Time I’ve been standing at Kunsthal Gent
Ghent, Belgium
2025
Freelance writer for Artlead
Billboard Series #35 - Oksana Pasaiko
Ghent, Belgium
2025
as a researcher
Presenter at Building Beyond Borders Symposium
Hasselt, Belgium
2025
Milan, Italy
2025
Symposium Building Beyond Borders, U Hasselt, The Power of Reciprocity, 2025.
(yet to be published)
Stalpaert Marie. “Curating as a form of collective authorship; Rethinking the Architect’s role”. CA2RE Milano, Politecnico Milano, Authorships, 2025
(yet to be published)
Last Updated 16.02.2026